NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH – SEPTEMBER 9-11, 2016

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NASCARNBC Sports heads to Richmond International Raceway for the final Sprint Cup race of the regular-season. NBCSN’s coverage continues today with an on-site edition of NASCAR America at 3:30 p.m. ET and qualifying at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Saturday’s trackside coverage begins with a special two-hour edition of NASCAR America at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN, which rolls into Countdown to Green at 7 p.m. ET. Race coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. An on-site post-race show takes over at 11 p.m. ET, followed by NASCAR Victory Lapat 11:30 p.m. ET.

NBCSN surrounds the XFINITY Series Friday with complete coverage from Richmond International Raceway beginning with practice at 8 a.m. ET followed by qualifying at 4 p.m. ET. Countdown to Green kicks off at 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN followed by race coverage at 7:30 p.m. ET and an on-site post-race show at 10 p.m. ET.

NOTRE DAME FOOTBALLNBC Sports Group kicks off its 26th season of Notre Dame Football on NBC this Saturday, September 10, at 3:30 p.m. ET when the No. 18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish host the Nevada Wolf Pack at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. Coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET with Countdown to Kickoff, NBCSN’s live pre-game show.

Liam McHugh will host Countdown to Kickoff at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, alongside 11-year NFL veteran and former University of Michigan LB Dhani Jones . McHugh and Jones will also manage halftime duties on NBC.PREMIER LEAGUE
Live Premier League match coverage continues this week with a blockbuster Manchester Derby, as unbeaten clubs Manchester United and Manchester City face off this Saturday, September 10, at 7:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage begins Saturday at 6:30 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN.

NBC Sports’ Leigh Diffey will anchor studio coverage for Sunday’s Exeter-Saracens match on NBCSN. He will be joined by analyst and former Premiership Rugby player Alex Corbisiero. Nick Mullins, Glenn Delaney, and Ugo Monye will provide game commentary of Exeter-Saracens on NBCSN.

LOUIS VUITTON AMERICA’S CUP WORLD SERIES NBC Sports Group’s continuing coverage of the America’s Cup sets sail again this Sunday, September 11, at 10 p.m. ET on NBCSN with the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Toulon, France.

Alastair Eykyn will handle play-by-play for all America’s Cup World Series coverage from Toulon, and will be joined by analyst and former America’s Cup sailor Ken Read.

TOUR OF BRITAINUniversal HD continues its coverage of the 2016 Tour of Britain with an encore presentation of Stage 6 tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Universal HD will present encore presentations of Stage 7: Bristol and Stage 8:London at 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.